Blogito ergo sum! Actually, as N.T. Wright averred, "'Amor, ergo sum:' I am loved, therefore I am." Among other things, I am a Roman Catholic deacon. This is a public cyberspace in which I seek to foster Christian discipleship in the late modern milieu in the diakonia of koinonia and in the recognition that "the Eucharist is the only place of resistance to annihilation of the human subject."

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Friday, June 1, 2012

"Shattered fragments of the past"

Sunday marked the 55th birthday of the ever-lovely Siouxsie Sioux. So, our traditio for this first day of June, a first Friday for sure, is by Siouxsie and the Banshees. Also, on the old calendar, the one used by those who adhere to the Extraordinary Form, today is a Spring Ember Day.

I chose "Israel," a favorite song of mine from the Banshees ouvre. I always prefer to post live performances. I have to say, while I think Siouxsie very lovely, she bears a little too much resemblance to Robert Smith in this performance. Who knows, perhaps the follow-on number was a cover of The Cure's "Killing an Arab," which, just to be clear, is song that takes its cue from my dear Camus' L'Etranger (i.e., The Stranger), which features perhaps the best anti-hero in twentieth century literature, Meursault

Meet in veins of real stained glass/Like the lifeline in your palm/Red and Green reflects a scene/Of a long forgotten dream/There were Princes - and there were Kings!

Today is also the feast day of one of the greatest of the early Church Fathers, St. Justin Martyr: "Therefore neither Abraham, nor Isaac, nor Jacob, nor any other man, saw the Father and ineffable Lord of all, and also of Christ, but [saw] Him who was according to His will His Son, being God, and the Angel because He ministered to His will; whom also it pleased Him to be born man by the Virgin" (from chapter CXXVII of his Dialogue with Trypho).

About Me

I am husband and Dad to six lovely children. I am also a Roman Catholic deacon of the Diocese of Salt Lake City. I married in 1993, became a Dad for the first time in 1994 and most recently in 2011 (quite a spread). I was was ordained in 2004. After serving as a deacon for 11 years at The Cathedral of the Madeleine in Salt Lake City (8 years before I was ordained for a total of 19 years), I am now assigned to St Olaf's Parish in Bountiful, Utah. I am a graduate of the University of Utah and the Institute in Pastoral Ministry at St. Mary's University of Minnesota. I am currently a candidate for a Doctorate in Ministry (D.Min) at Mount Angel Seminary, Oregon.

Madeleine Delbrêl

"We fashion the immortal being we are through our choices. Through our choices we bring the man in us to the fullness of life or to the worst of human suffering. At the hour of his death each human being has become either a person who will live with God forever, or who will be without God forever" Madeleine Delbrêl

St. Paul

"I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship. Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect" (Rom. 12:1-2)

Two men I greatly admire

BXVI w/ Abp Rowan

C.S. Lewis

“Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another: 'What! You too? I thought I was the only one'” Lewis